So Tim Thomas has filled us in. Via Facebook, the Bruins goalie has informed all who are interested that “the most important thing I can do in my life is to reconnect with the three F’s. Friends, Family and Faith …this is what I plan on doing over the course of the next year.”

Not quite an absolute, definitive statement from Thomas that he doesn’t plan to fulfill his contract for 2012-13, but it’s close – certainly close enough to explain why Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said on Friday that he doesn’t expect Thomas to play next season.

Maybe Thomas thinks he has made his intentions perfectly clear. Maybe the closing words in Sunday’s post – “What does this portend for the future? We'll see … God's will be done” – are a way to keep doors and options open.

He probably doesn’t care, but because Thomas was also posting on Saturday night, and because he didn’t leave just leave Sunday’s post with his “Three F’s,” he comes off as somewhat hypocritical.

On Saturday night, Thomas linked to two stories that forecast an impending global economic meltdown. On one of the posts, Thomas asked “See why hockey’s just not that important right now?”

Yet, elsewhere on his Facebook page, you can find a link to the Tim Thomas Hockey Camps, scheduled in mid-June through late August at sites in Colorado, Vermont, Masschusetts and Maine.

If hockey isn’t important, why run hockey camps? And if Thomas believes an economic apocalypse is on the horizon, why ask families who can’t afford to do what he’s doing – walk away from the $3 million he’d be paid next season – to pay for their kids to attend those camps? Doesn’t that put families in even more financial peril, and for something that’s “just not that important right now?”

There’s more. Sunday’s “Three F’s” post included links to a Phoenix-based company with which he will train, and a protective equipment manufacturer with which he is associated.

So he’s not devoting himself only to the “Three F’s”. He’s going to train, work with an equipment maker and promote those companies.

Presuming Thomas has friends inside the Bruins’ dressing room and throughout the organization, he’s not treating them very well. His $5 million figure can’t come off the team’s salary cap, so unless the B’s can trade him (unlikely, if he’s not playing), they lose the services of an elite goalie, plus $5 million that could be used to bring in another player or players.

Page 2 of 2 - And that’s not treating fans very well, is it? The Bruins sell tickets, period – not tickets that come with a refund policy if their favorite player doesn’t show up, or if a player decides to go on hiatus, weakening the team in the process.

Few would argue with anyone’s decisions to put career aside to focus on important personal relationships, and a check of comments left on Thomas’ Facebook page shows he still has his share of supporters. They variously applaud his dedication to family, friends and faith, willingness to stand up for his beliefs, or simply his contributions to the Bruins over seven often brilliant seasons.

Thomas, however, has put so many holes in his stories, he has lost the respect and admiration of many others – probably for good. That’s their right, too, and it’s his fault.